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'Mei Ping' vase with baluster body, finely drawn and painted in dark blue with two figures in a garden scene flanked by pine trees and rocks. The glaze is high piled in places. The base has a broad band of stiff leaves, the shoulders have reserve barbed medallions of lotus flowers on a ground of petals, the small neck is decorated with miniature symbols.
History note: Sold Sotheby's July 3rd 1956, lot 61, bought by Sparks.
Bought from Sparks by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 33.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1957-05-29) by Sparks, P
Ming Dynasty
15th Century#
1400
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1499
Accession number: C.1-1957
Primary reference Number: 71516
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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